Month: January 2021 Posts

Mighty Wanderers plan to sell bus

Jan 25, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

By Saidi Winnes Mighty Wanderers Football Club is planning to sell the bus which former President Arthur Peter Mutharika donated to the team. Team's Chairperson Symon Sikwese has confirmed the development saying that discussions are… ...

DPP operations director says APM won’t handpick successor

Jan 20, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

National Director of Operations for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Joe Nyirongo has assured people that the next DPP leader will not be handpicked, saying the party will welcome anyone who wishes to contest for… ...

Make tough decisions on Covid-19 – APM to Chakwera

Jan 12, 2021 Aubrey Makina 0 &

Malawi former President Peter Mutharika has called on President Lazarus Chakwera to make tough decisions on the rampaging Covid-19 which has since claimed two lives in Chakwera’s cabinet. In a Facebook post reacting to the… ...

Talking Blues: A tale of leading by doing nothing

Jan 10, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Once upon a time, there was a village in a valley straddling a river called Lawi. Its people earned their livelihoods by subsistence farming; cultivating various crops by the river. One day, as they were… ...

Mask up, sanitize – Mutharika urges Malawians to protect themselves from Covid-19 amid rising cases while President Chakwera goes AWOL

Jan 09, 2021 Mike J. Kangwele 1 &

Malawi Former President Peter Mutharika has stepped in to fill a leadership vacuum over rising cases of coronavirus. In a brief Facebook post, Mutharika has urged Malawians to wash hands, mask up and avoid crowded… ...

Mutharika calls for unity in DPP

Jan 01, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Former President Peter Mutharika says Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members should work together in order for the party to bounce back in the next presidential elections. In his New Year’s message on Thursday, Mutharika said… ...

Former RBM governor poised to take on Nankhumwa for DPP leadership

Dec 31, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The race to replacing former President Peter Mutharika as leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has started garnering curious interest with reports that former Reserve Bank of Malawi governor Dalitso Kabambe is eyeing… ...

Chakwera meets Malawi’s former leader Mutharika

Dec 27, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera and former Malawi leader Peter Mutharika met today in Mangochi, the first meeting between the two leaders since the June 23 presidential elections. The two together with former First Lady Gertrude Mutharika… ...

I have spoken with Mutharika to wish him Merry Christmas – Chakwera

Dec 25, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 2 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says he has spoken with former Malawi leader Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika to wish him Merry Christmas. The Malawi leader revealed this today when speaking to the press at Mangochi District Hospital… ...

Mutharika’s lawyer Tembenu irked by high level of crookedness in ACB

Dec 23, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Samuel Tembenu who is lawyer for former Malawi president Peter Mutharika has expressed dismay over "high levels of crookedness" at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Tembenu made the remarks on Tuesday after realizing that the ACB… ...

Malawi named as country of the year

Dec 17, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Economist newspaper has named Malawi as the country of the year 2020 following the nullification of the 2019 presidential elections and the holding of Fresh Presidential elections. The London based magazine has hailed Malawi… ...

Lloyd Muhara arrested

Dec 17, 2020 Russell Kondowe 1 &

Former Secretary to the President and Cabinet Lloyd Muhara has become the latest former member of the Peter Mutharika administration to be arrested over corruption related offences. Muhara has been formally arrested today after he… ...

Mutharika launches legal action against ACB

Dec 03, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former President Peter Mutharika has taken the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to court for refusing to unfreeze his bank accounts. ACB director Reyneck Matemba said at a press briefing today that Mutharika wants the bureau to… ...

DPP infighting continues: Nankhumwa says he is still Leader of Opposition

Nov 30, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Member of Parliament for Mulanje Central Kondwani Nankhumwa says claims by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that he has left the position of Leader of Opposition are false. He made the remarks in a statement… ...

DPP claims Nankhumwa has left Leader of Opposition role

Nov 30, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) claims that legislator Kondwani Nankhumwa has left the position of Leader of Opposition. According to DPP spokesperson Brown Mpinganjira, Nankhumwa met former President Arthur Peter Mutharika in Mangochi on Sunday… ...